Education: University of Redlands, bachelor’s in international relations, 1974

Career: Picnic ‘N’ Chicken; executive chef at Remington’s in Del Mar; advertising and marketing in hotel industry; vice president for corporate affairs, Atlas Hotels; independent contractor to San Diego Lodging Industry Association. He is vice chairman of the Balboa Park Committee and previously led the board of Balboa Park Central, the group that runs the House of Hospitality.

Current book: “Walt Disney: Triumph of the American Imagination” by Neal Gabler

Last movie seen in a theater: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2”

Favorite music: Beach Boys; played clarinet in grade school

Favorite play or musical: “Les Miserables” — “I cannot see it and not cry.”